[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: The Apple ][ was crap

Subject: Re: The Apple ][ was crap
From: "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 22:07:18 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.sinclair
Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster
References: <Ne027.5153$EF2.553330@typhoon.nyroc.rr.com> <bu127.13226$Lc3.3397171@typhoon.jacksonville.mediaone.net> <e7CEbVAmmKS7Ewk6@thespian.demon.co.uk> <aU127.7079$EF2.640681@typhoon.nyroc.rr.com> <CSN27.2183$U45.583407@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net> <3B4D2D2E.97EB64E5@ev1.net> <HJ837.1899$JN6.470053@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com> <3B4D5C03.602394BD@blue-win.ch>
Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:10749 comp.sys.cbm:18293 comp.sys.sinclair:44914

"Biggo" <biggo@blue-win.ch> wrote in message
3B4D5C03.602394BD@blue-win.ch">news:3B4D5C03.602394BD@blue-win.ch...
> william strutts wrote:
> >
> > Wasn't that part of the deal Apple made with Microsoft
> > when they bought 100 million dollars of Apple stock?  That
> > they would include Internet Explorer with the OS instead of
> > Netscape.
>
> "Together with" Netscape. Fortunately :-)
> BTW, what's this "Apple stock" story? Weren't The $150M the
> compensation for stealing (a poor attempt, though) the MacOS? :-)
>
>
No. It was an attempt to keep Apple afloat so that Microsoft
would have OS competition so that the DOJ couldn't say that
they were a monopoly.

--
--
William R. Strutts - wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com - Whatever!

C'est moi!  http://www.facelink.com/wrstrutts

Just hacking away...

Remove nospam to reply.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: The Apple ][ was crap
  - From: Howe Family <khowe@omninet.net.au>

References:
- The Apple ][ was crap
  - From: "RaYzor" <slorta@gern.org.net.com>
- Re: The Apple ][ was crap
  - From: "John Oyler" <jojo4@mediaone.net>
- Re: The Apple ][ was crap
  - From: The Starglider <starglider@thespian.demon.co.uk>
- Re: The Apple ][ was crap
  - From: "RaYzor" <slorta@gern.org.net.com>
- Re: The Apple ][ was crap
  - From: "res069fl" <res069fl@gte.net>
- Re: The Apple ][ was crap
  - From: Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net>
- Re: The Apple ][ was crap
  - From: "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>
- Re: The Apple ][ was crap
  - From: Biggo <biggo@blue-win.ch>

Prev by Date: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
Next by Date: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
Previous by thread: Re: The Apple ][ was crap
Next by thread: Re: The Apple ][ was crap
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread